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This is where I want to see legislation. Required opt-out ability for algorithmic timelines.
That will work just as well as requiring Philip Morris to allow one to opt out of nicotine in their cigarettes. The addictive properties are the reason for the prevalence of the product.
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VC is just a lazy boogieman. Facebook IPO'ed 13 years ago. I dont think it would be different if was owned by the other boogie man private equity, owned entirely by Zuckerberg, or publicly traded.
This is a response that lacks imagination and depth of understanding of capital markets. No, VC money is what enables the entire multi-billion-dollar loss-leading front end effort that creates the network that is sold in an IPO. No one else will take that level of risk, and the first eight years of its existence wouldn’t occur without VC money. You’ll also notice how I didn’t say VC money was the problem. That was a…
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This is a response that lacks imagination and depth of understanding of capital markets. No, VC money is what enables the entire multi-billion-dollar loss-leading front end effort that creates the network that is sold in an IPO. No one else will take that level of risk, and the first eight years of its existence wouldn’t occur without VC money. You’ll also notice how I didn’t say VC money was the problem. That was a…
I just dont think it is accurate to put recent behavior at the feet of VC debt funding. FB would have been slower in growth, but had significant revenue long before IPO. The most objected behaviors of FB occurred post IPO.
Before its fall, I had over 700 followers on Twitter. I could post any random thought and within minutes be having an interesting conversation with some rando about it. For example I pondered why phone manufacturers didn't use a p2p protocol for distributing updates and had an enlightening conversation with a person who worked for a major telco chiming in as to why that would be problematic for their infrastructure.…
Try Lemmy, not sure about the whole "followers" count but you can do exactly what you've described on Lemmy today on any topical community or AskLemmy to get you started. You can ask or start basically any kind of conversation you want and gets very decent engagement
I believe many of the problems in our current social media landscape could be solved by eliminating the "feed" and instead displaying posts, updates, and pictures from friends, family, and those we know in real life. This approach might conflict with the profit models of big tech social media and could go against what most people have become accustomed to. Personally, I would love a smaller social network where I can…
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This has moved heavily into group chats and I’m not sure it’s coming back. Group chats are basically the Circles that Google+ saw the need for but could never get fully set up. A lot of people don’t want to share personal updates and photos to a broad swath of friends and acquaintances. Meanwhile Instagram and Facebook keep evolving. Facebook is turning into a weird Reddit for older people. Instagram is turning into…
Any way you cut it, "feeds" are more addictive. Your family and friends only post a couple times a day, but you have all day at work to look for some quick stimulation. I watch my girlfriend devolve into this stuff. Waking up and scrolling endless feeds from reddit and insta; it's her entertainment. It's not so much worse than me waking up and scrolling Google News...maybe it's better, in that she gets less depressed…